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While the just-concluded annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention focused primarily on supporting Confederate soldiers through the evangelistic efforts of army chaplains and missionaries, delegates, many of whom were well-to-do pastors of larger churches, made no formal mention of what is arguably the most pressing issue among the soldiery: that of desertion. Baptist churches…

In a post-Gettysburg world, some Southern Baptist leaders begin considering the possibility that the South may lose the war. It is an unpleasant and distasteful thought, and such acknowledgments are tentative and limited. An editorial in today’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder takes a peek at what a Confederate loss may mean. As Southern Baptists…